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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201512-06">
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<title>MPFR: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in MPFR could allow remote
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attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">mpfr</product>
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<announced>December 30, 2015</announced>
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<revised>December 30, 2015: 1</revised>
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<bug>532028</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-libs/mpfr" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.1.3_p4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.1.3_p4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>MPFR is a library for multiple-precision floating-point computations
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with exact rounding.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>MPFR fails to adequately check user-supplied input, which could lead to
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a buffer overflow.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
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privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All MPFR users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/mpfr-3.1.3_p4"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9474">CVE-2014-9474</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:47:08 +0000">
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BlueKnight
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:56:32 +0000">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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